Hair curler



Patented Dec. 9, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLER Leila C. Branclel, Burbank, Calif.

Application October 9, 1950, Serial No. 189,245

Claims.

This invention relates to a hair curler and more particularly to a curler of th type designed to be used in multiple on the head of the user to produce a number of ringlets.

The primary object of the invention is to hold strands of hair in coiled relation for a period of time sufficient to cause them to set and thus produce ringlets on the head of the user.

Another object is to enable the device to be easily and quickly removed from the head of the user once the ringlets have been formed without in any way interfering with the ringlet so as to permit the lock of hair to remain in the desired curled position.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features a base plate having a centrally located core extending perpendicularly therefrom, and clamp arms pivotally connected to the base plate on opposite sides of the core for movement toward and away from the core to clamp a lock of hair after it has been coiled about the core.

Other features include means carried by the base plate and by the arms for releasably holding said arms in clamped position on a lock of hair coiled about the core.

Still other features include vent openings extending through the base plate and the core, and teeth carried by the arms for engaging a lock of hair coiled about the core.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a hair curler embodying the features of this invention, showing it open and. ready to receive a lock of hair;

Figure 2 is an edge view of the curler illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the curler illustrated in Figure 1 showing it in closed position about a lock of hair which has been coiled about the core;

Figure 4 is a side view of the curler illustrated in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view through the base plate of the curler and the core illustrating the manner of detachably coupling the core to the base plate, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the base member, showing the snap fastening means at the bottom of the core for securing the latter in place on the base.

Referring to the drawings in detail a base plate [0 is equipped with a central upstanding stud I2 having a head l4 thereon forming the male portion of a conventional snap fastener. The base p ate I0 is provided with an annular row of spaced vent openings i6 and an arcuate slot l8 which is provided intermediate its ends with an opening 20 which extends through the periphery of the base plate Ill and forms in conjunction with the slot I8 shoulders 22 which help to retain a lock of hair in the slot 18 and adjacent the core to be more fully hereinafter described. Carried at opposite ends of the base plate ill on opposite sides of the stud l2 are pairs 24 and 26 of upstanding ears. The ears 24 are provided with aligning openings for the reception of a pivot pin 28 and similar openings are formed in the ears 23 for the reception of a pivot pin 30. Formed on the base plate I0 on opposite sides of the stud l2 are shoulders 32 and 34 for a purpose to be more fully hereinafter described. Pivotally supported on the pivot pin 28 for movement in an arc which lies substantially parallel to the axis of the stud i2 is an arm 36 which is preferably curved as illustrated and carries at its end remote from the pivot 28 a latch tongue 38 which when the device is closed about a lock of hair engages the shoulder 32 to releasab y hold the arm in closed position. A similar arm 48 is pivotally supported on the pivot pin 30 to move in an are on the opposite side of the axis of the stud l2 and carries a latch tongue 42 which when the arm is moved to closed position engages the shoulder 34. Each arm 36 and 40 is provided with perpendicular teeth 44 which are struck from the material from which the arms are produced to form vent openings 45.

A core designated generally 48 which in the preferred form of the invention comprises a tubular body 50 having vent openings 52 therein and an end wall 54 is removably supported on the base plate ID by extending the head Id of the stud 12 through an axial opening 56 in said end wall. It will thus be seen that the core 48 will be releasably held on the base plate [0 to extend perpendicularly therefrom as illustrated in Figure 5.

In use with the core 48 in place on the base plate I 0, the base plate is placed against the head of the user and a lock of hair is drawn through the opening 20 into the arcuate opening 18 in the base plate Hi and coiled about the core 48. Upon completion of the coiling of the lock of hair, the arms 36 and 40 are moved about their pivots 28 and 30 respectively until the tongues 38 and 42 engage the shoulders 32 and 34 respectively, thus clamping the lock of hair against the base plate and in coiled relation to the core 48. Obviously the teeth 44 of the arms 36 and 40 will engage the hair so coiled and hold it in place for the desired length of time. When it is desired to remove the curler from the head, the core 48 may be disengaged from the base plate [0 by reason of its detachable coupling thereto by the head [4 of the stud I 2, and the arms 36 and 40 may be swun to open position as illustrated in Figure 1 so that the base plate I!) and arms may he slipped from beneath the coiled lock of hair without disturbing it. It is obvious that by the use of a multiplicity of curlers of the type herein described, a group of ringlets may be produced on the head of the user, and danger of destroying the curls thus produced during the removal of the curlers will be avoided.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred form of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a hair curler, a flat base member, a cylindrical core rising from the center of the base, said base having an opening extending radially outward from the core through one of its side edges, and a pair of flat substantially arcuate arms having one of their ends pivoted transversely of the opposite ends of the base in laterally offset relation with respect to each other, said arms being swinga'ble into positions above the base and at opposite sides of the core to overlie the hair wound on the latter to retain the hair in wound state.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, with 3 the said base substantially circular in plan, extensions projecting tangentially from the opposite 4 ends of the base in laterally offset relation with respect to each other, a pair of apertured ears upturned from the opposite sides of the free ends of the extensions, and pivot pins mounted in the apertures of the pairs of ears and having the said ends of the arms engaged therewith.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1, with a stud mounted in the top center of the base and said core having a bottom wall provided with an aperture and spaced slits extending radially therefrom at its center for snapped engagement with the stud.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1, with the said base and the cor provided with a plurality of vent perforations, and said arms with a plurality of upstanding teeth struck out therefrom to engage in the hair, when the arms are positioned above the base, to further retain the hair in place.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1, with a latch element at the free end of each of the arms to be engaged over the edge of the base, when the arms are swung into overlying relation with respect thereto.

LEILA C. BRANDEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,447,998 Popin Mar. 13, 1923 2,173,138 Solomon Sept. 19, 1939 2,179,751 McFadden Nov. 14, 1939 2,454,459 King Nov. 23, 1948 

